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. 2016 Jun 6;17:122. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-0974-4

Table 5.

Regulatory element-related fields reported by the VEP

Property Description
Regulatory or Motif feature ID Ensembl identifier for affected regulatory element
Motif name External name for transcription factor binding motif
Motif position Coordinates of input variant in transcription factor binding motifs
Motif score Score reflecting effect of input variant on closeness of binding motif sequence to consensus
Informative position Flag indicating if the position occupied by the variant in the binding motif is important in the consensus sequence